E&E NEWS-Shikha Verma (8/10/2018)
Harivansh, a Janata Dal (United) member, has been elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. He was the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the post. He was declared the winning candidate with 125 votes, while United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA’s) B K Hariprasad received 105 votes.
Lok Sabha extends for members to get to brief the House.
BJP member Nishikant Dubey demands that the reservation facility should be denied to tribals after conversion to other religion. He said that the population of Christians has increased in the North East, Odisha and Chhattisgarh because of conversion.
S.R. Vijayakumar (AIADMK) demands that the Centre should stop Karnataka from constructing a new dam on Cauvery river.
Rajesh Ranjan (expelled RJD member) raises the issue of inter-linking of rivers in Bihar to save the state from the disaster of flood and drought. He also says that construction of dams in certain parts of the state would help mitigate the risk of flood.
Md Salim (CPI-M) says that 36,000 farmers have committed suicide in past three years due to financial distress. He demands that the Government should waive farm loans and provide ₹5,000 pension to old farmers.
Hari Narayan Rajbhar (BJP) demands setting up of a Commission for farmers.
Santokh Singh Chaudhary (Congress) demands that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on sports goods should be reduced to 5%, saying several units in Jalandhar were facing closure because of high incidence of tax.
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